About Public Health in Practice
Our gold open access journal focuses on putting public health research into practice.
Our impact
2024 Impact Factor
5-year Impact Factor
in Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Public Health in Practice is an international, peer-reviewed, gold open access journal in the field of population health. The journal aims to publish international articles focused on the art of translating and implementing public health evidence into practice.
Research does not end once results are published. That is just the beginning. Translating research findings or policy to a local context and implementing findings is how we learn about what works and what doesn’t.
This learning refines our thinking and working practices and will lead to even better research questions, practice and ultimately public health.
What does Public Health in Practice publish?
The journal will publish robust and ethically sound articles of any study type whereby the focus is consistent with our aim.
Our topics
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Public health practice and impact
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Evaluation of public health policy, programmes or interventions
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Implementation of programmes or interventions to improve health and/or reduce health inequalities
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Community engagement to address public health issues
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Need or Impact Assessment with a practical/implementation focus
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Improvement of health, social care services/support and wider determinant services such as education, welfare, employment services to improve public health
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Knowledge translation
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Applied epidemiology
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Health protection including control of communicable diseases
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Prevention of ill health
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Action across the wider determinants to improve health and/or reduce health inequalities.
What is the readership of Public Health in Practice?
The target market of the journal is researchers, practitioners, and policymakers who are engaged in translating public health evidence into practice.
Submit a paper
Public Health in Practice is an online journal with papers published in one continuous, annual issue.
You can read our author guidelines and submit your paper online.
Publication fees
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Gold Open Access publication fee: £1,268 excl. tax.
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Shorter articles fee (including commentaries): £425 excl. tax.
RSPH Fellows are entitled to a discount on this publication fee. Find out more about becoming a Fellow.
Article Publishing Charge (APC) waivers or discounts are available to those articles for which all authors are based in a country eligible for the Research4Life programme.
Editorial Board
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John Ford, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Joanne Morling, University of Nottingham, UK
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Michelle Black, University of Liverpool Institute of Population Health, UK
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Tania Cardona, University of Malta, Malta
Nathan Davies, University of Nottingham, UK
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Steve Boorman, Independent occupational health consultant, UK
Roger Chung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Roberto Debono, University of Malta, Malta
Susan Hogan, University of Derby, UK
Zubairu Iliyasu, Bayero University Centre for Infectious Diseases Research, Nigeria
Chirk Jenn Ng, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia
Evangelos Kritsotakis, University of Crete School of Medicine, Greece
Sujan Marahatta, Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal
Rebecca Nowland, University of Central Lancashire School of Nursing, UK
Bola Owolabi, Care Quality Commission, UK
Padam Simkhada, University of Huddersfield, UK
Susanne Surman-Lee, Leegionella Ltd, UK
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Natalia Camicia, Managing Editor
Hannah Moore, Editorial Officer
Megan Stalham, Editorial Assistant